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Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
Zygmunt Bauman

Meaning of "death knell" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEATH KNELL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH KNELL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Death knell is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEATH KNELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Death knell

A death knell is the ringing of a bell to announce a death. This is also called tolling the bell. The ancient custom of ringing a church bell at the actual time of death fell into disuse in England by the end of the 18th century. More customary at the end of the 19th century was to ring the Death Knell as soon as notice reached the clerk of the church or sexton, unless the sun had set, in which case it was rung at an early hour the following morning. It was usual to repeat the knell early on the morning of the day when the funeral took place; but although canon law permitted tolling after the funeral there does not seem to be any record that this was practised. The manner of ringing the knell varied in different parishes. Occasionally the age of the departed was signified by the number of chimes of the bell, but the use of "tellers" to denote the sex was almost universal, and by far the greater number of churches in the counties of Kent and Surrey used the customary number of tellers, viz., three times three strokes for a man and three times two for a woman, with a varying use for children across the counties.

Definition of death knell in the English dictionary

The definition of death knell in the dictionary is something that heralds death or destruction. Other definition of death knell is a bell rung to announce a death.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH KNELL

death camp
death cap
death cell
death certificate
death cup
death duties
death duty
death futures
death grant
death house
death march
death mask
death metal
death notice
death penalty
death rate
death rattle
death ray
death roll
death row

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH KNELL

Bracknell
Brudenell
Connell
Gunnell
Hartnell
knell
McConnell
O´Connell
Parnell
schnell
snell

Synonyms and antonyms of death knell in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «DEATH KNELL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «death knell» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of death knell

Translation of «death knell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATH KNELL

Find out the translation of death knell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of death knell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «death knell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丧钟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sentencia de muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

death knell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौत समाधिवाली झंकार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ناقوس الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

похоронный звон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sentença de morte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যুর বাজা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembunuh maut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Totenglocke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

弔鐘
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽음 을 알리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati knell
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hồi chuông báo tử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यू कंबर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ölüm çanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Funerale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

śmierć knell
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похоронний дзвін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dangăt de moarte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Προαγγελία θανάτου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doodsklok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödsstöten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dødsklokken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death knell

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH KNELL»

The term «death knell» is regularly used and occupies the 94.626 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH KNELL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death knell

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5 QUOTES WITH «DEATH KNELL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word death knell.
1
Zygmunt Bauman
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
2
Elizabeth Fishel
Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony.
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Garrison Keillor
Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
4
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.
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Wesley Schultz
I think the death knell for any musician is getting a job that you like and pays enough that you just stay there forever.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH KNELL»

Discover the use of death knell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to death knell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Broadcasting Rights for Cricket: Ashes to Ashes - the Death ...
Public interest in the recent Ashes test series served to heighten the anger about the removal of Test cricket from free-to-air television.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2006
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The Ebro 1938: Death Knell of the Republic
Krigshistorie. Spanske Borgerkrig 1936-1939. Slaget ved Ebro 24. juli - 18.november 1938 var det længste og blodigste slag under den Spanske Borgerkrig, hvor de spanske nationalister/falangister og republikanere bekæmpede hinanden.
‎1999
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Death Knell: A John Keegan Mystery
Detective John Keegan investigates the murder of a drug dealer in Brooklyn, which leads him to uncover a vicious underground mob.
John Misak, 2007
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World War Two in Colonial Africa: The Death Knell of Colonialism
This is a history of the ENTIRE continent of Africa during World War II. It tells of the several wars in Africa and how they related to each other as well as to the conflicts in Europe, Asia, the Americas and the surrounding oceans.
Richard E. Osborne, 2001
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The English Education Reform Act: Is it the Death Knell of ...
Outlines the major parts of the Education Reform Act of 1988, known also as the Baker Act.
John Strudwick, 1990
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Approaching the Possible: The World of Stargate SG-1
Death Knell Original airdate: February 6, 2004 Written by: Peter DeLuise Directed by: Peter DeLuise Earth's newest off-world base is compromised, and Sam and Jacob Carter are caught in the cross fire. Jacob is rescued but Sam is missing, ...
Jo Storm, 2005
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Union General John A. McClernand and the Politics of Command
6. “The. Death-Knell. of. Rebellion. Is. Sounded”. Forts. Henry. and. Donelson. The southern defense of the Confederate heartland was weak. The leaders of this Western Department did not formulate a coordinated defensive strategy for their ...
Christopher C. Meyers, 2010
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The Ghosts of Herty Field: Early Days on a Southern Gridiron
... to vote to outlaw the game. Following the Georgia- Virginia game, Richard ( Von) Gammon of Rome died from a head injury. The whole state was shocked and saddened and the Atlanta Journal headlined: "DEATH KNELL OF FOOTBALL.
John F. Stegeman, 1997
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Wind Energy Comes of Age
... renewing hope that big machines had a future after all — if only there were just one more round of government- sponsored development to bring the technology to fruition. 8000 < tu < t LU 7000 -- 6000 5000 96 Death Knell for the Giants.
Paul Gipe, 1995
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Gerry Healy and His Place in the History of the Fourth ...
On August 4, 1914, the death knell sounded for national programs for all time.1 The revolutionary party of the proletariat can base itself only upon an international program corresponding to the character of the present epoch, the epoch of the ...
David North, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH KNELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term death knell is used in the context of the following news items.
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Court of Appeals Spices Up Class Certification "Death Knell" Laws …
Executive Summary: In a case of first impression, the California Court of Appeals recently held that, unlike cases where only class allegations ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
2
Grace period agreement likely the death knell for another ICD-10 …
CMS said that, for the first year after the transition, it will not deny or audit Medicare claims from providers based solely on the specificity of ... «FierceHealthIT, Jul 15»
3
The death knell of the last-gen apocalypse has been sounded
Is Bioware acting as the harbinger of doom for the last-gen consoles? The Dragon Age: Inquisition developer has announced any future DLC ... «TechRadar, Jul 15»
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Pro-Iran Group Head Demands R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Iran in Negotiations
But, Parsi says, if there is any suggestion that Iran is unequal to the other parties, that could sound the death knell to the talks and any ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
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Ashes 2015: The Urning desire
But if there's one period during a cricket calendar that even the naysayers refrain from tuning up the death knell for the game's traditional format, ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Roma Must Refuse Any Offer for Alessio Romagnoli
For my money, and if for no other reason than Romagnoli may be the best centerback prospect Italy has to offer, this would be the death knell to ... «Chiesa Di Totti, Jul 15»
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Closure sounds death knell for Aussie car industry
After almost 60 years representing manufacturers, an auto industry body has closed its doors for good. Australia's 33,000 automotive workers ... «The New Daily, Jul 15»
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Death knell set to sound for station
The death knell is finally set to sound for a former police station after plans were lodged to turn the building into a flower shop. Plans have been ... «Blackpool Gazette, Jul 15»
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Economic Populism is the Death Knell of America
Inequality is the largest strength of America. Without inequality everyone is more or less the same and who wants to live in a country where ... «Nolan Chart LLC, Jul 15»
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China's low rates sound death knell for copper carry trade
As Beijing continues to cut official rates, that could be the likely outcome, according to a new paper which found that lower onshore borrowing ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Death knell [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/death-knell>. May 2024 ».
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